i'm ron kuby. the darling case, they're take tharg lunchtime recess. as soon as they get back into the courtroom, we'll get you back into the courtroom. it gives us an opportunity to talk about some of the issues in this case, one of which is the issue of self defense. the florida legislature, in its infinity wisdom, decided to expand the common law right of self defense. usually common law, you had a duty to retreat in the face of deadly physical force, if you could do so with perfect safety to yourself and if, in fact, you saw the place where you could run to. you basically had an obligation, in public at least, not to use deadly physical force if you could avoid it. the legislature said don't be silly. that's for those blue state liberals. we want you to shoot it out in a public place. in fact, you can even shoot people in the back, as they're fleeing. how cool is that? that law was passed. and mr. darling apparently seems to be trying to take advantage of that. steve raiser, i think the whole "